1 Travis AFB Sergeant, Suspect in Deputy Killing
As horrifying as it is that one Northern California sheriff's deputy is dead and two other officers are wounded, what’s worse? The alleged perpetrator. The U.S. Air Force has confirmed that the suspect is an active duty sergeant stationed at Travis Air Force Base. The incident, which took the life of Sergeant Damon Gutzwiller, took place in Ben Lomond, an unincorporated area near Santa Cruz. A second deputy was injured, and a third officer from the California Highway Patrol was shot in his hand. The suspect, 32-year-old Steven Carrillo, was shot during his arrest and is being treated at a local hospital for non-life-threatening injuries. The Saturday attack on unfolded after 9-1-1 received a report about guns and bomb-making material inside a suspicious van parked off the road. The officers arrived as the van was pulling away and followed. As they approached the vehicle, Sheriff Jim Hart says they were “ambushed with gunfire and multiple improvised explosives.” Gutzwiller is survived by his wife, the baby she is carrying and their other young child.
2 Minneapolis City Council Plans To Dismantle Police Department
A “threat” no more. The Minneapolis City Council has voted to dismantle their city's police department. A nine-person majority pledged to defund the department following the death of George Floyd in police custody. Why? Minneapolis City Council President Lisa Bender said it’s clear the existing system of police and public safety is not keeping people safe. Instead, the council plans to invest money in community-led public safety. And while Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey says he is against this move. He doesn’t appear to have a choice as the city council vote is a veto-proof majority. “I’ll work relentlessly with Chief Arradondo and alongside community toward deep, structural reform and addressing systemic racism in police culture,” he said after the vote. “We’re ready to dig in and enact more community-led, public safety strategies on behalf of our city. But I do not support abolishing the Minneapolis Police Department.”
3 Number Of Coronavirus Cases Is Up, But So Is Testing
There are now more than 110-thousand deaths in the United States from the coronavirus. According to Johns Hopkins University, confirmed cases in the U.S. are approaching two-million, but more than half-million have recovered. Worldwide, there are over 401-thousand deaths and just over seven-million confirmed cases. But testing is also way up – as in, more than 20-million people have been tested for the virus. Something else to note? The number of recovered, which globally is well over seven-million. The news isn’t so great in Brazil – where officials have actually stopped releasing numbers. Brazil’s last official numbers, which were released Friday, showed it had recorded nearly 615-thousand infections and over 34-thousand deaths, the third-highest number in the world, just ahead of Italy. Currently, Singapore has the most severe rate with 6,548 cases per million people, followed by Chile and Peru. The United States, now is fourth with 5,724 per million.